What happened to the heroes of Tianamen?

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Fifteen years ago the world recoiled at images of China’s brutal crushing of student protest. The Chinese put 21 of the leaders on a most wanted list. Some are still defiant, others have fled the country, most pursue studies and careers in the US

IN THE TERRIFYING days after the crackdown, Wang Dan, No 1 on China’s Most Wanted list, was shunted out of Beijing by his friend Wang Juntao. Dan was incapable of sleep and was losing his self-control. Unable to stand life on the run, he returned to Beijing and was immediately arrested. He spent most of his twenties in jail, a strange fate for the earnest history student whose “crime” had been to organise a democracy salon in 1988, inviting guest speakers to speak once a week (the US Ambassador came once) and editing a magazine not contentious by any standards